We're enjoying rainforest weather this week, giving us good opportunities to be in Rosen Concert hall for performances, including a guest recital by organist Keith Weber (including collaboration with HSoM faculty members. The University celebrates Homecoming this weekend, featuring a program that recognizes Appalachian's fifty years of integration.
Events
For complete listings of Spring 2015 performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: www.music.appstate.edu/calendar and www.music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
- Guest artist organist Keith Weber performs in recital on Tuesday, September 29, at 8 pm, in Rosen. HSoM faculty members Alicia Chapman (oboe), Rob Falvo (percussion) and Priscilla Porterfield (mezzo-soprano) will perform with Mr. Weber.
- The HSoM Advisory Board meets on Friday, October 2.
- Gospel Choir's "Midnight Concert" occurs Friday, October 2, at 11:55 pm, in Rosen.
- Wind Ensemble performs on Sunday, October 4, at 3 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
- Faculty clarinetist Andrea Cheeseman performs in recital on Sunday, October 4, at 6 pm, in Rosen.
- Symphony Band performs on Monday, October 5, at 8 pm, in the Schaefer Center.
Looking Ahead
- HSoM faculty pianist Rodney Reynerson performs in recital on Sunday, October 11, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- HSoM woodwind faculty members perform a chamber music recital on Tuesday, October 13, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Thursday-Sunday, October 15-18, is ASU's Fall Break.
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- The Western Piedmont Symphony will perform Bill Harbinson's "Of Fire and Ice" on October 3, 2015, in the Munroe Auditorium, Lenoir Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, at 7:30 pm.
- Two HSoM alumni will present their research at the upcoming Popular Music and Communities Graduate Student Conference at Case Western University, October 2-3, 2015:
- Catherine (Williams) Hall (Florida State) – "'Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock!': Music and Heroism in the Harry Potter Fandom"
- Trevor Nelson (Michigan State) – "Bottoms Up: Parody, Camp, and Homonormative Critique in the Music of Willam Belli"
- HSoM alumna Joanna Pepple will present "Sustaining a Musical Pedagogy across Continents: The Leipzig Conservatory and its Impact on American Musical Institutions" at the College Music Society National Conference, November 7, 2015.
- The Hayes School of Music has been invited by the North Carolina Music Educators Association to present four ensembles—University Singers, Jazz Ensemble I, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble—in a showcase concert as part of the Association's annual conference on Monday, November 9, at 7:30 pm, in Winston-Salem's Stevens Center. Jay Jackson has worked throughout the summer to coordinate activities and logistics related to the event, and we will be providing information to HSoM colleagues as plans are finalized. I hope that all will consider attending the NCMEA conference and the concert, as a way of supporting our students and future recruitment efforts for the Hayes School.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- Thanks go out to associate dean Jay Jackson for facilitating the HSoM's open house activities this past Saturday. Thanks go, also, to the many faculty colleagues who participated in the morning's conversations with numerous prospective students and their families from the region. And, finally, special thanks to the students and leadership of the Marching Mountaineers, who provided great musical energy for the Holmes Center event.
With best wishes for week 7 of the 2015-16 academic year,
Bill
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William L. Pelto, Ph.D.
Dean, Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3029